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Aquarius
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Aquarius

Aquarius is a genus of water striders found predominantly in the northern hemisphere. Formerly a subgenus, Aquarius was elevated to generic rank in 1990 on the basis of phylogenetic analysis. These are among the world's largest water striders, with females averaging 12–17 mm (0.47–0.67 in) long and males roughly 10–30% smaller, depending on the exact species. An outlier is A. elongatus where both sexes typically are about 24 mm (0.94 in), roughly the same as certain Cylindrostethus, and second only...

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16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Aquarius remigis

complexAquarius remigis

lake pondskater

speciesAquarius paludum

River Skater

speciesAquarius najas

Giant Water Strider

speciesAquarius elongatus

Aquarius adelaidis

speciesAquarius adelaidis

Aquarius conformis

speciesAquarius conformis

Aquarius chilensis

speciesAquarius chilensis

Aquarius antigone

speciesAquarius antigone

Aquarius nebularis

speciesAquarius nebularis

Aquarius ventralis

speciesAquarius ventralis

Aquarius distanti

speciesAquarius distanti

Aquarius fabricii

speciesAquarius fabricii

Aquarius cinereus

speciesAquarius cinereus

Aquarius lili

speciesAquarius lili

Aquarius lunpolaensis

speciesAquarius lunpolaensis

Aquarius philippinensis

speciesAquarius philippinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59652.